Chapter 4 Social Studies Review

What did Christopher Columbus want to find when he came to North America?

• a better route to Spain

• a better route to South America

• a better route to France

• a better route to Asia

Columbus sailed which direction from Spain?

• west

• east

• north

• south

Who did Cabrillo meet when he came to the Pacific Coast?

• Samuel de Champlain

• American Indians

• Christopher Columbus

• French people who had built communities there

What did Samuel de Champlain find in North America?

• new land on the Pacific coast

• a better route to Asia

• rich resources

• a waterway that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

The Wampanoag taught the Pilgrims how to

• hunt and plant food

• sail on the Mayflower

• build forts

Why did the Spanish priests start missions?

• to teach the Wampanoag about hunting

• to teach the Roman Catholic religion to the American Indians

• to give the Pilgrims a place to worship freely

Why did the war begin between the colonists and the British?

• England sometimes treated the colonists unfairly.

• George Washington wanted to fight British soldiers.

• The colonists wanted white men to be treated like everyone else.

American leaders wrote the Constitution

• to explain why Americans should be free from British rule.

• to explain why Britain should be free from American rule.

• because the country needed new laws.

Today's Constitution protects

• only the freedom of white men.

• only African Americans and Native Americans.

• the freedoms of all Americans.

Who were the first people in Canada and the United States?

• European explorers

• American Indians

• British settlers

• French settlers